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A sneak peek into what’s in store for TalQuest ‘19!

Time to hire has always been the most critical of hiring metrics. Apart from the opportunity, the cost of not having someone on the payroll can affect other hiring metrics such as quality of hire (best candidates are only available for 10 days), cost of hire (long time spent by recruiters and hiring managers due to long process) and candidate experience (long wait time is number one candidate reason for poor experience).

Re-defining Recruitment: Introducing, “Insta-hiring”

The working class demographic is undergoing a massive transformation with digitally native Millennials entering the workforce. Statistics show that Millennialswill constitute to 75% of the working demographic in the United States by 2030. As far a the Indian market is concerned, the gig economy is expected to account for 43 percent of the workforce by 2020. 52 percent of the private workforce has spent time as independent workers at some point in 2018.

De-mystifying Pre-hiring Assessments: Part 2- Cognitive Assessments

Looking for the right candidate goes beyond just skill-hunting. The ideal candidate is not just adept with the required skills but is committed to updating himself every day. Cognitive assessment deals with the branch of science that is focused on analyzing the behavioral patterns of the human mind to understand why we do the things we do. Cognitive assessments essentially measure the extent to which the candidate can learn.